Romancing Decay - Ideas of Decadence in European Culture (Hardcover, New Ed)

This collection of fifteen essays looks at the theme of decadence and its recurring manifestations in European literature and literary criticism from medieval times to the present day. Various definitions of the term are explored, including the notion of decadence as physical decay. Some of the essays draw parallels between modernist and postmodernist notions of decadence. Similarities are detected between fin de siecle decadence at the end of the nineteenth century (which reaches its apotheosis in the character of Eugene Wrayburn in Our Mutual Friend) and depictions of decadence in our own age as we enter the new millennium.

General

Imprint:	Ashgate Publishing Limited
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Studies in European Cultural Transition
Release date:	December 1999
First published:	1999
Authors:	Michael St.John
Dimensions:	234 x 156mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	304
Edition:	New Ed
ISBN-13:	978-1-84014-674-5
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > General Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General
LSN:	1-84014-674-5
Barcode:	9781840146745

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